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Stereospecific Synthesis of 1-Alkylimidazole Derivatives via Mitsunobu Reactions
Botta, Maurizio,Summa, Vincenzo,Trapassi, Gianna,Monteagudo, Edith,Corelli, Federico
, p. 181 - 184 (1994)
4,5-Dicyanoimidazole has been reacted with racemic and enantiopure alcohols 1 under Mitsunobu conditions to give 1-alkyl-4,5-dicyanoimidazole derivatives 2, which in turn have been transformed by hydrolysis and decarboxylation into 1-alkylimidazoles 4 in